3rd Annual Block Street Block Party (Schedule of Events)
Posted by Terrah Baker |The 3rd Annual Block Street Block Party Schedule of Events, Stage Line-ups and Schedule, Food Vendors, Local Businesses and Organizations. Don’t miss it!
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Ride To Success: Challenge Yourself To A Healthy, Biking Lifestyle
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By Terrah Baker Riding your bicycle on a sunny Saturday on Fayetteville’s multi-use trail system is one thing; making the commitment to a healthier lifestyle through using a bicycle as transportation is another, said Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks’ co-founder Laura Kelly. But what keeps most people from gaining the benefits of bicycle commuting is…
Food Security In Sustainable Communities
Posted by Terrah Baker |Special Editorial By Jan Spencer Fayetteville has the potential to become a state and regional model for moving towards local food security — a condition where food produced in town and nearby can feed the local population in ways that are environmentally, economically and socially responsible. A growing number of community leaders and citizen activists…
Festivals Celebrate Art, Beer And Fayetteville Tradition
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Staff Report Springfest has been a tradition in Fayetteville since the early 1980s, explained Doug Allen, the owner of Jose’s. He was part of a group that decided the few years of bad weather and luck that dampered the festivities in the past shouldn’t take away this local tradition. “We wanted to keep the tradition…
Labove Takes Comedic Perspective
Posted by Terrah Baker |Staff Report Sometimes the funniest things can come out of life’s hardest times. Or at least when you have the mind of comedian Carl LaBove who has spent his career battling everything life throws at him with a comedic perspective. “I have slept on bars and in cars for months at a time for my…
Cinco De Mayo Funds Scholarships
Posted by Terrah Baker |By Terrah Baker Many of the students who have received a portion of the the $136,000 in education scholarships awarded by the Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas are first generation college students. They often have to work to pay for their education upfront, since they’re not eligible for federal loans — except for what’s funded…
Goodwill Hunting: Spring Showers
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By Emily Smith April’s showers have brought the sweet sunshine, pinking cheeks all over town, and once again spring is in full bloom. Shorter hemlines, fewer layers and many more flashes of skin make this season a dressing treat for Fayetteville’s most fashionable. Contrary to popular belief, looking Earth-movingly amazing, does not have to break…
Teenage Writers, Reading Aloud
Posted by Terrah Baker |By Robert Laurence They have a reputation to uphold. Thirty years of publication, on-time and never missed. Multiple recognitions of national excellence by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Front cover to back, a publication to take pride in. “They” are the editors and writers, the artists and production designers of Connotations, the award-winning literary magazine…
Traveling Poets Find Comfy Spot
Posted by Terrah Baker |By Roger Barrett If you’ve been to a poetry reading at Nightbird Books, or bought a book of poetry at the Dickson Street Bookshop then you’ve probably met Matthew Henriksen. Matt and Katy Henriksen started the Burning Chair Readings to bring touring poets to Fayetteville. Their readings have also presented readings from UA Fayetteville and…
The Date Rape Culture
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By Terrah Baker Everyone’s heard the story of the young, attractive college-age girl walking alone at night to her car when a man wearing a black mask and wielding a pocketknife attacks her. He roughly forces her to the ground, leaving bruises and scrapes on her legs, and holding her mouth to muffle her screams,…